Adriana Mather, whose ancestor, Cotton Mather, was an integral part of the infamous Salem Witch Trials, returns to that cursed town in her new novel, How to Hang a Witch. This YA novel follows a ...

The Salem witch trials are more than just a historical curiosity. Explore how this chilling history teaches us about fear, power, and the consequences of mass paranoia.

During the trials, Mather had written to the Salem judges, urging them to uncover the work of Satan and giving them tips on how to test the witches.

Their parents accused the slave of witchcraft. Cotton Mather, a colonial preacher, encouraged the witchcraft trials. Many New Englanders were executed or sent to jail on suspician of withcraft.

Many contemporary clergy criticized the trials, including Cotton Mather’s father, Increase Mather (has there been a family in American history with better first names?).

Examination of a Witch (1853) by T. H. Matteson, inspired by the Salem trials Credit: collection of the Peabody-Essex Museum The Salem witch trials took place over the course of nine months in ...

Thomas Satterwhite Noble’s “Witch Hill (The Salem Martyr)” (1869) painting faces a clip from the Netflix series “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” from 2018.

The Salem witch trials are constantly referenced through Quan Barry’s “We Ride Upon Sticks,” the novel being read and explored by the Boston.com Book Club this month. The novel follows the ...

The Salem witch trials, a dark chapter in colonial Massachusetts history (1692-1693), saw over 200 accused and 20 executed for witchcraft. Fueled by strange behaviors, spectral evidence, and mass ...

(The Conversation) — Dogs appeared several times during testimonies, typically because an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do her bidding, or because the devil appeared in ...